Encourage Your Senators to Fight Like Hell for Oregon's Public Lands

The Senate’s version of the reconciliation bill currently includes a mandate to sell between 2 and 3 million acres of public lands across 11 Western states.

Nearly 22 million acres in Oregon, would be eligible to be sold to "any interested party."

Sparks Lake. Photo: Whitney Whitehouse

Your Senators need to hear from you: selling public lands is unacceptable.

As it stands now, the Senate’s version of the “one big beautiful bill” mandates that millions of acres of public land be sold off, with no community input or rules on what would be developed. 

This includes lands around our iconic parks, and land just outside Bend, Redmond, and Sisters. Sparks Lake, Todd Lake. Mt. Bachelor. Elk Lake. Dry Canyon. Gray Butte. Horse Ridge. The list of places at risk goes on and on. Even Wilderness Study Areas, Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, roadless areas and critical habitat are all eligible to be sold to "any interested party."

If this bill language becomes law, significant blocks of public lands would be disposed of, and Oregon cities and counties will be stuck saddling unexpected costs for infrastructure and other services as the administration attempts to sell out public lands for the benefit of private developers.

Learn more: What To Know About the Senate’s Public Lands Sell-Off

Things are moving fast and changing quickly. Please speak up today.

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